Posted: Feb 08, 2016 12:35 pm
Genetically engineering the evolution of our entire biota would require a *lot* of work, even though it would be spread over something like 3.5 billion years. But genetically engineering humanity into existence from earlier species would be a *much* smaller task.
Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers - Kindle edition by Rael. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Commenter Osio Lezer gave it only one star, and he writes about it:
Convenient coincidence of a name. Or did they call themselves that for Rael's convenience?
As to seeding the Earth with organisms, that's not impossible, but it would have to be over 3.5 billion years ago.
Erich von Däniken territory.
So Rael is just like Jesus Christ.
Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers - Kindle edition by Rael. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Years ago, people knew without a doubt that the Earth was flat. Even the top scientists of the day were certain that the sun revolved around the earth. Today, most people are sure that life on Earth is either the result of random evolution or a supernatural God. Or is it? In 'Intelligent Design', Rael presents us with a third option: that life on Earth was created by advanced human scientists from another world. In 1973, Rael was visited by one of these designers, who dictated a series of messages to him to share with all of humanity. This astonishing 'message from the designers' reveals knowledge on science, religion, love, relationships, government, meditation, infinity, sensuality, eternal life, and so much more, giving us the secrets to the past, present, and future of mankind...
Commenter Osio Lezer gave it only one star, and he writes about it:
He takes events from the bible and tries to explain them as visitations from aliens. As an example, he refers to Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning Elohim created Heaven and Earth." The author quotes a literal translation of Elohim from the Hebrew, "Those that came from the sky" and uses it as a plural word to describe a race of aliens. Thus, Elohim "the people" replaces the term "God" as far as this book is concerned. The author expands on this by saying, "they created the earth or, in reality, discovered the earth and realized it contained all that was necessary for life."
Convenient coincidence of a name. Or did they call themselves that for Rael's convenience?
As to seeding the Earth with organisms, that's not impossible, but it would have to be over 3.5 billion years ago.
In the first book, the author puts forth some interesting alternate explanations for familiar Bible events, and remains fairly detached and scientific about his theories. I was intrigued by some of the things he wrote about, things that filled in many of the blanks I had about the Bible, myself. He presented the events recorded in the Bible as a history book by an ancient people that used the best local references they could to describe space men in space ships. Taken alone, one could read this book without the self-serving religious belief system suggested by the second and third books.
Erich von Däniken territory.
However, the second book (which Rael wrote some years later) goes deeply into extra-terrestrial visitations and communications, and outlines an entire cult/religion built around the Elohim, one that includes free love and wife swapping. When we get to the third book (again, written years later), Rael reveals that the Elohim artificially inseminated his mother, and he is the true brother of Jesus Christ and is here to fulfill Revelations "Second coming of Jesus Christ." Here we hit the paydirt of insanity and misplaced morals that characterize the latter editions of his work.
So Rael is just like Jesus Christ.